Peribonka and the Crippled Lady of Lac St Jean
A geographic panorama introduces Peribonka village on Lac St Jean in Quebec. The narrative centers on Maria Chapdelaine, Samuel his wife, and a celebrated Crippled Lady who inspires faith, joy, and community devotion amid a tale of sacrifice and spiritual belief.
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Peribodka
Maria Chapdelaine
Samuel
bin Pot Fycar
Maria
Lac St. Jean
Perlbopolisa
Alwaya
Cady
Indian birth ties to Brantford's Mohawk line in saga
A Brantford Ontario traveler reads of Thayendanegea's sister and a Mohawk heritage linked to a New York wealth in a story of Molly Braddock and James Kirke. The tale chronicles historic connections from Sir William Johnson to the Mohawk chief viewed through to the birth of an Indian boy on Fund Avenue and the family’s ancestral memory.
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New York
Brantford
Ont
Sittle
Indiana
King George the Third
Joseph Brunt
Wiliam Johnson
Thoyendanezea
le Waa
Maftis
Willam
Bally Brant
Johnson Castle
Fund Avenue
James Kirke
Molly Uraddock
Molly
Kirke
Pyraroid Ois
Molle
Paol
Lim
Thasendsanepen
Afetio Brant
Tregses
Sir William Johngan
Night encounter on a dark street with a solitary traveler
A lone wayfarer battles eight attackers in a deserted street. Ugureg emerge from shadows, three to one odds fail as one by one the assailants fall. A policeman arrives, praising the hero who calmly smokes a cigarette. The traveler clarifies with pride that he is a tail road porter.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Ballyhoo and Self Praise by Whitman in 1855
In September 1855 Whitman praised himself in two magazines the American Phrenological Journal and the United States and Democratic Review. He called himself the rough large proud man with sunburnt beard and erect posture.
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Walt Whitman
Harvey O'igzman
No Promoter With Only Shoestring In Baseball Weariness
A reflective piece on baseball as a business argues that promoters with only a shoestring cannot compete with big investors. It cites Rogers Hornsby’s $200 600 purchase for the present Cubs owner and notes that large bets yielded large returns. Connie Mack is mentioned as both cautious and later spendthrift in building pennants with veteran stars.
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Oo Onancelal
Chicago Cubs
Rogers Uornsby
Chicago
Flomsby
Jeriey
Connie Mack
Itis
Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
Zack Wheat
Dodgers Sign Star Hollis Thurston Amid Coast Praise
The Grooklyn Dodgers drafted star Hollis Thurston lauded as top acroball artist in the Pacific Coast League. Thurston, formerly with the Washingtons and Chleazo White Sox, played 26 coast games in 1929.
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Hollis Thurston
Grooklyn Dodgers
Thurston
Washingtons
Chleazo White Sox
Williams Taps Caldwell as New Basketball Coach
Williams College will hire Charley Caldwell a former Princeton star as the new basketball coach for the coming season replacing Prof Guendon N Messer who has led the team for six years Caldwell helped Messer with the team last season Caldwell has been noted for success as a football coach at Williams during the past two years Professor Messer will step down to focus on retirement and medical training at NYU.
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Williams College
Charley Caldwell
Princeton
Guendon N. Messer
Slesser
New York University
Caldwell
Messer
Williams
Shawkey Learns Pitching From Barn Target For Yankees
New York Yankees manager Bob Shawkey trained by throwing at a painted circle on a barn. Jvuddy Truman, a former minor leaguer who ran a general store, encouraged the practice by hiring a clerk to catch. After three years of target throwing and sandlot play, word reached a Tri-State league contact that Shawkey was ready.
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Shawkey
Bob Shawkey
New York Yankees
Flarry
Jvuddy
Sandsot
Troon
Mixed Notes on Sports and Figures in Early College Athletics
A collage of sports items mentions Pietro Linaris, a tallan afx day bike racer, and Georgetown boxing under coach Bucky Green. It notes ambitions in track centers, regattas, college nicknames Bulldogs and Tigers, and players like Zach Taylor and Johnny Cox.
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Pietro Linaris
Tallan Afx
Stagg as Coach Leads Them All
Plans for a 600000 dollar feldhorse to build multi sport facilities were outlined by President Lutching of the University of Chicago at a dinner honoring Coach Stage and the Alarcans. He said construction would start soon on University avenue between Fifty fifth and Fifty sixth streets. He praised Coach Stage as the greatest of all time and noted football is not the core of education.
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Periborka River
Lane St. Jean
Quebec
Ing
Ua Aabag
Chitoutimi
Peribonka
Perbonka
Gorl
Lutching
University of Chicago
Stage
Alarcans
Hutchins
Board of Trustees
University Avenue
Fifty-fifth
Fifty-sixth
Southern California
Chicago
Notre Dame
Soldier Field
Howard Jones
Trojans
Trinl
Gophers
Maroons
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Promoted as Friendly Relief
A trade advert touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a universal sweetener and acid neutralizer for children and adults. It claims physicians endorse the product and notes its long history and registered trademark status.
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Charieg T. Philips Chemical Co
Charles J. Phillips
Lappish Folk Lore Preserved By Johann Thurri
An elderly Lapp named Johann Thurri writes and preserves Lappish folklore for the first time. He records the language and tales of his people, aiming to prevent the tongue from dying out despite outsiders’ limited mastery of it.
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Norway
Sweden
Finland
Johann Thurri
Thurri
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James Oliver Curwood
Doubleday Doran & Co
Hood
Lac St Jean
Whitman
Mill of Mechanic Arts High
Krivitsky
English High
Boston
Krivisky
Braves Field
Dodgers
Dartmouth
al Marsters
Big Green
Georgetown University
Bucky Green
Efernie Alftler
Temple
Los Angeles
Zach Taylor
Chicago Battery
Pat Malone
Taylor
Lbraves
Pennsylvania
Lehigh
Penn
Navy
Washington
Yale
Butler
Prake
Bulldogs
Clemson
Hamonden-Sidney
Tigers
Kentucky
Northwestern
Davidson
Wildcats
Charlotte
N. C
University of North Carolina
Duke University
Cubs
L. Warneke
Shreveport Club
Southern Association
Johnny Cox
Colgate
The
Maroon
Cox
Fret McLenis
Geist
Columbia Country Club
Stagg
Coach
President Hutchins
University of Southern California
South Bend
Avery Brundage
Bis
St. Louis
Brundage
Prime Carera
Young Stribling
Atlanta
Albert Hall
London
Prince of Wales
Earl Beatty
Gabby Hartnett
Gabby
Elis
Agua Caliente
Mintos Beach
Secretaries of War and the Navy
Westaint
Annapolis
Edwards
Georgia
Golden West
Hal Izwood
Phillips
Magnesia
Montana Wheat Farms
Montana
Hanford
Ecaeg
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Aransoe State
Dirce
Springfield
Ohio
California
Pennsylvsoia Teading
Utah
South Dakota
Washington Star
Weneredare
Draggan
Araias
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